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Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras

Neural networks for the data a forest cannot read: images of surfaces and windows of vibration. Neurons, loss and gradient descent in plain words, Keras models, training well, data pipelines, CNNs, augmentation and transfer learning, sequence models, evaluation and explanation, and deployment to TensorFlow Lite — all on Colab's free GPU.

  • 13 modules
  • 21h 42m of video
  • Intermediate
  • English
  • ₹0, free
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Overview

About Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras

Neural networks for the data a forest cannot read: images of surfaces and windows of vibration. Neurons, loss and gradient descent in plain words, Keras models, training well, data pipelines, CNNs, augmentation and transfer learning, sequence models, evaluation and explanation, and deployment to TensorFlow Lite — all on Colab's free GPU.

Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras is a free, self-paced online course from EDWartens for engineers, developers and students applying AI to real work. It has 13 modules and 21h 42m of video lessons by codebasics, freeCodeCamp.org, Edje Electronics and others, with written notes and worked problems, a practical project with a document pack and a 15-question final assessment (pass mark 60%). Learning is free with an account; an optional certificate with a public verification code is issued when you pass. Last updated 27 September 2026.

Who it is for: Engineers, developers and students applying AI to real work

This course includes

  • 21h 42m of video lessons
  • 13 modules with written notes and diagrams
  • One final assessment: 15 questions, pass mark 60%
  • Ask-an-engineer support from practising engineers
  • Lifetime access, the course does not expire
  • Optional verifiable certificate when you finish
  1. Step 1 of 3

    Learn the 13 modules

    21h 42m of video lessons, written notes and a practice task per module, at your own pace.

  2. Step 2 of 3

    Pass the final assessment

    15 questions drawn from every module, pass mark 60%, 3 attempts.

  3. Step 3 of 3

    Take the certificate, if you want it

    Optional, paid once, only if you choose it. The course stays free either way.

    See the certificate and its price

A look inside

Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras: Syllabus at a glance
Syllabus at a glance
Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras: What you will be able to do
What you will be able to do
Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras: Tools and credits
Tools and credits

From the lessons

  • Introduction | Deep Learning Tutorial 1 (Tensorflow Tutorial, Keras & Python)

    What a neural network is, and why now

    by codebasics

  • Derivatives | Deep Learning Tutorial 9 (Tensorflow Tutorial, Keras & Python)

    How it learns: gradient descent and backpropagation

    by codebasics

  • Dropout Regularization | Deep Learning Tutorial 20 (Tensorflow2.0, Keras & Python)

    Training well: dropout, early stopping, imbalance

    by codebasics

  • Applications of computer vision | Deep Learning Tutorial 22 (Tensorflow2.0, Keras & Python)

    Convolutional networks

    by codebasics

  • What is Recurrent Neural Network (RNN)? Deep Learning Tutorial 33 (Tensorflow, Keras & Python)

    Sequences: 1-D CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs and autoencoders

    by codebasics

  • Quantization in deep learning | Deep Learning Tutorial 49 (Tensorflow, Keras & Python)

    Saving, TensorFlow Lite and the edge

    by codebasics

Lesson frames belong to the creators named in the Credits and are shown from YouTube.

What you learn

What you will be able to do

Explain what a network learns and when to use one; pair activations with losses; build, train and regularise Keras models; feed images and signal windows through tf.data; train CNNs and use transfer learning on small datasets; use 1-D CNNs, LSTMs and autoencoders on sensor windows; evaluate with per-class recall and Grad-CAM; export to TensorFlow Lite and measure latency.

  • Say when a neural network beats a random forest, and when it does not
  • Build and train a Keras model with the right loss, early stopping and dropout, and read its curves
  • Feed images from folders and signal windows from streams through a fast tf.data pipeline
  • Train a CNN on surface defects and lift it with augmentation and transfer learning
  • Classify vibration windows with a 1-D CNN and score anomalies with an autoencoder
  • Report per-class recall, explain a prediction with Grad-CAM and export to TensorFlow Lite

Syllabus

Course content, module by module

In order, at whatever pace suits you. Each module ends with a practice task that builds on the last.

Modules
13
Video lessons
42
Of video
21h 42m
Final questions
15
  1. 01

    What a neural network is, and why now

    5 lessons · 2h 10m
  2. 02

    The neuron, activation and loss

    3 lessons · 58m
  3. 03

    How it learns: gradient descent and backpropagation

    5 lessons · 1h 58m
  4. 04

    Keras Sequential: your first model

    3 lessons · 8h 9m
  5. 05

    Training well: dropout, early stopping, imbalance

    3 lessons · 1h 9m
  6. 06

    Data pipelines: tf.data for images and windows

    2 lessons · 1h 0m
  7. 07

    Convolutional networks

    4 lessons · 1h 8m
  8. 08

    Augmentation and transfer learning

    3 lessons · 1h 10m
  9. Final assessment · 15 questions, pass mark 60%

Project

The course project

Optional practice that ends in the kind of job the course prepares you for, with the documents that go with it.

About 7 hours

A surface-defect classifier: baseline CNN, augmentation, transfer learning — one table

1,200 greyscale 128×128 surface images in four classes (ok, scratch, dent, blob). Split by file once, train three models on Colab's free GPU, report them on one sealed test set with per-class recall, explain three predictions with Grad-CAM, and export a TFLite model with its size.

Sample document pack, 8 documents, filled in for the scenario

  • PlanProject plan: surface-defect classifier for painted panels, paint line 4
  • URSAcceptance criteria for the surface-defect classifier
  • DatasheetDataset datasheet: surface-defects-128
  • ProcedureTraining and export procedure
  • RegisterExperiment log: every model trained and its sealed-test score
  • Test reportAcceptance test record: surface-defect classifier E07 and its TFLite file
  • DatasheetModel datasheet: defects_float16.tflite
  • ReportModel report: how well does it work, per defect?

Read inside the course and download as a workbook. The project is optional practice, marked when you submit it; the certificate needs only the modules and the final assessment.

About 5 hours

Vibration windows: a 1-D CNN against an LSTM for bearing and imbalance faults

600 windows of 256 samples at 2 kHz labelled healthy, bearing or imbalance. Scale with the training set's statistics (and see what per-window scaling throws away), split by window index, train a 1-D CNN and an LSTM, compare test confusion matrices, and add an autoencoder anomaly score trained on healthy windows only.

Sample document pack, 8 documents, filled in for the scenario

  • PlanProject plan: learned fault classifier for raw-mill motor vibration
  • URSRequirements for the gateway fault classifier and anomaly score
  • DatasheetDataset datasheet: vibration-windows-2khz.csv
  • ProcedureTraining procedure: classifiers and anomaly score
  • RegisterExperiment log: classifiers and anomaly score under both scalings
  • Change noticeChange notice: scale with training statistics, not per window
  • Test reportAcceptance test record: 1-D CNN classifier and autoencoder backstop
  • ReportReport: does a learned model on raw vibration do the job?

Read inside the course and download as a workbook. The project is optional practice, marked when you submit it; the certificate needs only the modules and the final assessment.

Tools

Software, hardware and lessons

Software

Google Colab with a free GPU runtime. TensorFlow and Keras are pre-installed.

Hardware

None. A Raspberry Pi is optional for the deployment module.

Who it is for

Intermediate. Needs the Machine Learning with Python course, or equivalent: train/test discipline, metrics, Pandas.

Video lessons by

  • codebasics
  • freeCodeCamp.org
  • Edje Electronics
  • Connor Shorten

Independent creators, credited in full under Credits.

Software you need

What to download, where from, what it costs and how to install it. Every link goes to the maker's own site, never a mirror.

Colab's free GPU runtime runs every exercise. TensorFlow and Keras are already installed there.

Required

  1. 01

    Google Colab

    Google, in the browser

    Free, GPU time not guaranteed
    Runs on
    Any modern web browser
    Account
    A free Google account

    Colab is free to use. In the free version GPUs and TPUs are heavily restricted and not guaranteed, sessions can run for at most 12 hours, and idle sessions are stopped. Paid plans give more reliable access.

    Open Google Colabcolab.research.google.com

Optional

Useful, not needed to finish the course.

  1. 02

    TensorFlow

    Google (TensorFlow project), a Python or npm package

    Free
    Runs on
    Python 3.10 to 3.13. Ubuntu 16.04 or later; macOS 12 or later (CPU only); Windows 7 or later (CPU only); Windows 10 build 19044 or later through WSL2 for GPU.
    Account
    None needed

    Free, open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.

Checked against each maker's own page on 27 September 2026. Trial lengths and editions change; the maker's page is the final word.

What you walk away with

Your certificate for Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras

Finish the course, pass the final, and this is the document with your name on it.

Sample Wartens Certificate of Completion for Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras, issued through the EDWartens training portal
Sample. The issued certificate carries your name, your final score, a unique certificate ID and its own QR code.
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  • QR code on the certificate

  • Names what you can do

  • A permanent link

  • Earned, not attended

Learning is free. The certificate is optional.

Add it now and pay only when you have finished the course, or come back for it later. One-off, US$28.99, with a receipt.

Issued by Wartens Ltd (England and Wales, company no. 15262249) through the EDWartens training portal, as a Certificate of Completion for this self-paced course. Sold in India by Wartens Automation Private Limited. It is not a vendor certification, a university award or a CPD-accredited activity, and it does not certify competence on live equipment. Delivered electronically; see the refund policy.

FAQ

Common questions

Do I need a GPU?

Google Colab gives you one free; every model in the course trains in minutes on it. Set the runtime type to GPU in the first cell of each notebook.

How much maths?

You see gradient descent and backpropagation once, in twenty lines of NumPy, so you know what the framework does. After that Keras does the calculus and you do the engineering. Nothing in the assessments asks for derivatives.

What are the projects in the Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras course?

A surface-defect classifier on 1,200 images — baseline CNN, augmentation and transfer learning compared on one sealed test set with per-class recall, Grad-CAM and a TensorFlow Lite export — and a vibration-window classifier comparing a 1-D CNN with an LSTM, plus an autoencoder anomaly score trained on healthy data only.

Should I do this before or after the OpenCV course?

After, ideally: the OpenCV course teaches you what a convolution filter is by making you tune one by hand, and it shows when classical vision is enough. This course is for when it is not.

Is the Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras course really free?

Yes. Every module, practice task, project and assessment. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.

What certificate does the Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras course give?

An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you have finished the modules and passed the final assessment (the project is optional practice), with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a vendor credential and is never described as one.

Who made the video lessons in the Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras course?

The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks, the projects and the assessments.

Is the Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras course free in India, and what does the certificate cost?

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹599 including GST for this intermediate course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.

All course facts
Price
₹0, free for good. No trial, no card. Comparable classroom training of this length costs about ₹11,999.
Who it is for
Engineers, developers and students applying AI to real work
Format
13 self-paced modules, 21h 42m of video, written notes, a practice task per module and one final assessment.
Level
Intermediate. Intermediate. Needs the Machine Learning with Python course, or equivalent: train/test discipline, metrics, Pandas.
Brand
Vendor-neutral
Software
Google Colab with a free GPU runtime. TensorFlow and Keras are pre-installed.
Hardware
None. A Raspberry Pi is optional for the deployment module.
Certificate
Optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹599 inclusive of GST for learners in India, verifiable by code. Not a vendor credential.
Video lessons by
codebasics, freeCodeCamp.org, Edje Electronics, Connor Shorten (independent creators, credited below)
Language
English
Last updated
27 September 2026

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Credits

Who made the video lessons

The video lessons in this course were created by the people below, not by EDWartens. Every lesson streams from its creator's own YouTube channel; EDWartens neither hosts nor sells that footage, and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens and do not endorse this course. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.

  • codebasicsthe Deep Learning with TensorFlow 2.0, Keras and Python series
  • freeCodeCamp.orgthe TensorFlow 2.0 complete course and the deep-learning crash course
  • Edje Electronicsrunning TensorFlow Lite on a Raspberry Pi
  • Connor Shortena lesson in "Evaluating and explaining a deep model"

If you are one of these creators and would like a lesson removed or credited differently, write to info@wartens.com.